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Home My Public Portal About04/02/96 CCM47 MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 2, 1996 The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on April 2, 1996, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Anne Theis presided. Members present: John Ferris, Jim Johnson, Ann Thies, Phil Zietlow, and Mayor Theis. Members absent: None. Also present: Public Works Director Jim Dillman, Police Chief Rick Rabenort, City Engineer Shawn Gustafson, Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen, City Attorney Ron Batty, and City Clerk -Treasurer Jeff Karlson. 1. Adoption of the Agenda MOVED BY ZIETLOW, SECONDED BY THIES, TO ADOPT THE PUBLISHED AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS: • HAMEL ATHLETIC CLUB — PRESENTATION OF CHECK TO THE CITY • UPDATE ON ALPINE FARMS ILLEGAL FILL ACTIVITY • UPDATE ON MIKE LARSON ZONING VIOLATION • UPDATE OF DEER HILL ROAD PROJECT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 2. Minutes MOVED BY THIES, SECONDED BY MAYOR THEIS, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 19,1996, AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 3. Hamel Athletic Club — Presentation of Check to the City Tom Anderson, president of the Hamel Athletic Club, and Patty Gregor presented a check to Mayor Theis in the amount of $1,600 for the Hamel Memorial Park. The money came from the proceeds raised through the Club's first annual winter golf tournament held last February. Mayor Theis commended the Athletic Club for its efforts. 4. Mark Roskop — Request for CUP Amendment Ron Batty explained that an amended conditional use permit would allow Mark Roskop the flexibility to construct a mini storage facility in phases and to post a financial guarantee only large enough to pay for the site improvements associated with each phase. MOVED BY FERRIS, SECONDED BY THIES, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 96-12, "RESOLUTION GRANTING AMENDED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO MARK ROSKOP FOR A MINI STORAGE FACILITY." AYES: FERRIS, JOHNSON, THIES, ZIETLOW, AND MAYOR THEIS. NAYS: NONE. 48 RESOLUTION 96-12 ADOPTED ON A 5-AYE AND 0-NAY VOTE. 5. Hans Hagen Homes — Request for Rezoning and a PUD Hans Hagen came before the council with a proposal for a planned unit development (PUD) southwest of Medina just east of the Holiday Stationstore and the Dairy Queen located on County Road 29 and State Highway 12. The proposed PUD included the construction of 42 single family lots in an area consisting of 16.54 acres with 3.75 acres allotted for public streets and 2.19 acres allotted for parks and outiots. The average lot size would be 10,994 square feet with the smallest at 5,963 square feet. The property was zoned Urban Commercial and would have to be rezoned to Planned Unit Development. The planning commission recommended approval of the rezoning and the proposed PUD with 24 conditions. The planning commission also recommended that the council approve a minor comprehensive plan amendment. Loren Kohnen pointed out that the city council agreed to meet certain goals for affordable housing in Medina pursuant to the Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities Act. Kohnen said Hans Hagen's proposed development would help meet those goals by providing housing units at a cost of $120,000 or less. He noted that one of the conditions required that 50% of the home be affordable. John Ferris asked how the City could ensure that at least 50% of the homes be affordable. Ferris stated that he was not willing to give up sewer units if the homes were not affordable. Hans Hagen said the cost to build the homes was not the problem. He specified that the development of the land could be very expensive depending on the soil conditions and the requirements of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. Hagen commented that there was a high demand for these types of houses and the goal was to provide as many affordable homes as possible. Mayor Theis said her biggest concern would be to permit 42 individual wells on this property. Hans Hagen said he submitted a request to the City of Maple Plain for water service to the site but was denied. Hagen said he could save $1,000 per unit by hooking into Maple Plain's water system. He noted that Maple Plain had enough capacity. Hagen said he intended to go back to the city of Maple Plain to ask for their cooperation. Shawn Gustafson revealed that Glenn Cook, Maple Plain's city engineer, affirmed that it would be very profitable for Maple Plain to sell water to the homes in the proposed development. Jim Johnson pointed out that only a certain number of sewer units were available for connection to the MUSA line. 49 Phil Zietlow responded that Medina had designated these sewer units for future development. Johnson stated that the comprehensive plan should not be hastily amended to accommodate affordable housing on Hans Hagen's proposed site without first considering other parcels of land. He specified that it would be difficult for Medina to provide city services because the development would be off the beaten path. Zietlow commented that the City should try to work with the Met Council toward the goal of providing affordable housing in Medina. He noted that Hans Hagen's development made sense because of its proximity to Maple Plain's business district. Johnson asserted that he was not against this type of development, but only wanted the council to discuss how the City should approach the issue of affordable housing for the future. John Ferris noted that the City had to update its comprehensive plan by 1998. Hans Hagen pointed out that the metro area was in a crises because there was very little land available for development. Hagen said he looked at land in the Hamel area but steep land prices prohibited this type of housing development. He said this site was unique because of its nearness to city services that value -priced housing should have. He agreed that if the development violated the comprehensive plan, it should not be done. John Ferris asked if a commercial business would ever be interested in this parcel. Loren Kohnen said the property had been on the market for over 15 years. Ron Batty said there were three items before the council: (1) to approve the request for rezoning the property from Urban Commercial to PUD/Urban Residential; (2) to approve a minor comprehensive plan amendment; and (3) to approve the proposed PUD for Hans Hagen Homes with the 24 conditions recommended by the planning commission. Batty said any action taken tonight should be contingent upon the availability of water from Maple Plain and a favorable response from the Met Council. He cautioned the council not to make a definite commitment without knowing what the objectives of the Met Council were going to be. Batty said approval for the rezoning to PUD should be contingent upon an acceptable PUD agreement. He recommended not granting preliminary plat approval this evening. MOVED BY ZIETLOW, SECONDED BY FERRIS, TO AUTHORIZE THE INITIATION OF A MINOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CONTINGENT UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER FROM THE CITY OF MAPLE PLAIN AND A SATISFACTORY RESPONSE FROM THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WHEREBY ANY CONTINGENCIES ARE DEEMED TO BE SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT. AYES: FERRIS, THIES, ZIETLOW AND MAYOR THEIS. NAYS: JOHNSON. 50 MOTION PASSED ON A 4-1 VOTE. MOVED BY THIES, SECONDED BY MAYOR THEIS, TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A REPORT SHOWING THE OPTIONS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO THE PROPOSED HANS HAGEN HOMES DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS; AND TO LOOK INTO OTHER POTENTIAL SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 6. Donald Laurent — Request for Subdivision Donald Laurent, 895 Hamel Road, asked for approval to subdivide a 70.55 acre parcel into five lots. The largest lot was 67.65 acres and would remain rural residential. The other four lots, ranging from 25,345 square feet to 42,632 square feet, were zoned urban residential. Jim Johnson asked why there was a trail easement on the four smaller lots and not on the larger lot. Loren Kohnen said the City would require a trail easement on the larger parcel when the property was further subdivided. MOVED BY THIES, SECONDED BY JOHNSON, TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF A PLAT FOR DONALD LAURENT WITH THE EIGHT CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 7. Ordinance Amendment to Change Side -Yard Setbacks The planning commission recommended that the side -yard setback in a Rural Commercial/Industrial zoning district be changed from 20 feet to 30 feet and from 30 feet to 20 feet in a Urban Commercial/Industrial zoning district. Planning Commissioner Anne Heideman said she believed the numbers were switched around in a prior revision and this ordinance amendment would simply correct the error. MOVED BY THIES, SECONDED BY MAYOR THEIS, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 289, "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 826.51, 826.57, 826.63 AND 826.67 OF THE MEDINA CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS WITHIN THE RURAL AND URBAN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS." AYES: FERRIS, JOHNSON, THIES, ZIETLOW, AND MAYOR THEIS. NAYS: NONE. ORDINANCE NO. 289 ADOPTED ON A 5-AYE AND 0-NAY VOTE. 8. Park Commission Report Park Commissioner John Winston gave a report of the park activities being addressed by the park commission. Winston said plans were underway to widen the west easement of Hunter North for bikers and joggers. A discussion of other possible trails led to the formation of a committee to create a comprehensive trail system and to make a "wish list" of land that could be incorporated into the trail system. 51 9. Acceptance of Low Bids for Road Materials MOVED BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY THIES, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 96-13, "RESOLUTION AWARDING BIDS FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE MATERIALS." AYES: FERRIS, JOHNSON, THIES, ZIETLOW AND MAYOR THEIS. RESOLUTION NO. 96-13 ADOPTED ON A 5-AYE AND 0-NAY VOTE. 10. Alpine Farms — Update on Illegal Fill Activity Loren Kohnen said he talked to Otten Bros. about fill material that had been hauled in to Alpine Farms. Kohnen said Otten Bros. would obtain a land alteration permit by June 15, 1996, and would remove any debris or plant material from the site. 11. Update on Mike Larson Zoning Violation Loren Kohnen reported that most of the debris and equipment had been removed from Mike Larson's property at 435 Hackamore Road. 12. Update on Deer Hill Road Project Phil Zietlow said the Deer Hill Road pond was in operation. Zietlow informed he had not heard anything on the cooperative agreement with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. He suggested to Tom LaBounty that they get together to review the agreement before any council action was taken. Zietlow reported that there was a sign on the site advertising the project and he had gotten complaints from neighbors. The council instructed Loren Kohnen to order that the sign be removed since it did not serve a purpose. Zietlow mentioned that the MCWD needed to install a flow metering device soon considering that 90% of the water flow would come in the next 20 days. 13. Payment of Bills MOVED BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY ZIETLOW, TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF ORDER CHECK NUMBERS 15711-15749 FOR $41,363.13 AND PAYROLL CHECK NUMBERS 14741-14758 FOR $13,156.51. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 14. Adjournment MOVED BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY THIES, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9:40 P.M. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. °-7 Anne E. Theis, Mayor ATTEST: Je y . Ka tson, City Clerk -Treasurer April 2, 1996 46 ORDER CHECKS - APRIL 2, 1996 15711 American Bank & Trust $ 402.75 15712 American Linen Supply 42.18 15713 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik 3,476.60 15714 C P Limited 81.00 15715 Classic Cleaning 191.70 15716 Commercial Life Ins. Co. 71.60 15717 Commissioner of Revenue 834.09 15718 Corner House 27.00 15719 Davies Water Equipment 58.95 15720 Delta Dental 621.90 15721 Division of Emergency Mgmt 15.00 15722 E-Z-Recycling 2,132.58 15723 Farmer State Bank of Hamel 3,683.80 15724 Feed Rite Controls 1,649.91 15725 G.L. Contracting 1,165.81 Ip 15726 Gopher State one Call 47.25 C 15727 Greater N.W. office of R.E. Assessors 2,424.00 15728 HealthPartners 2,170.72 U e 15729 Hennepin Co. Treas., Acctg. Svcs 908.00 \i 15730 Hennepin County sheriff 381.18 j �� 15731 Industrial Supply Co., Inc 6.97-- 15733 Lawson Products, Inc 33.38 /14 15732 Lake Business Supply 201.24 15734 Long Lake Tractor & Equip. 23.69' 15735 Medica 3,143.35 15736 Metropolitan Council Wastewater Svcs 7,803.0 15737 Minnegasco 473.70 15738 Minnesota Dept. of Revenue 722.00 15739 Northern States Power 2,479.69 15740 Northern States Power 871.55 15741 P.E.R.A. 2,354.70 15742 Plymouth supply 328.28 15743 Postmaster 500.00 15744 Randy's Sanitation 77.38 15745 U.S. West Communications 318.94 15746 Waterpro Supplies Corp 137.74 15747 City of Wayzata 164.50 15748 Westside Wholesale Tire 12.00 15749 Wright Hennepin Electric 1,325.00%/ /�1 $41, 363. 13V/.f/1i/ PAYROLL CHECKS - APRIL 2, 1996 14741 Anne E. Theis $ 207.79 14742 Ann C. Thies 138.52 14743 John B. Ferris 138.52 14744 Philip K. Zietlow 138.52 14745 James R. Johnson 138.52 14746 Steven T. Scherer 1,061.41 14747 Richard R. Rabenort 1,251.60 14748 Michael J. Rouillard 1,045.57 14749 James D. Dillman 1,195.18 14750 Robert P. Dressel 1,186.95 14751 Edgar J. Belland 1,275.82 14752 Jeffrey E. Karlson 1,217.53 14753 Cecilia M. Vieau 644.94 14754 Ivan W. Dingman 155.14 14755 Laura L. Sulander 885.78 14756 Sandra L. Larson 777.91 14757 Joseph R. Heyman 861.95 14758 Jon D. Priem 834.86 $13,156.51